Shoe heel



SHOE HEEL Filed-lawn 15, 1920 Pawnee aug. 25, 19.25.A

UNITED vs*raras PATENT ..'LO1FFICE- j JAMES n .rAR-ivrnn, ons'r.nouis.`iviissoun1 AssieNon oi?v ONE-Hamme Lantaniriiin j Bisooiis FAY Alvi)oNE-nALnTo Iniinriicf. THOMAS, or AKRON, onio.`

i "SHOE Hann.'y

l Application filed March f1.5, 1 920.v Serial No. 365,806.

To all 'whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES D. FARMER, a citizen of the UnitedL States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city of St. Louis, and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and usefulv Improvements in a Shoe Heel, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an improvement inshoe heels that are constructed of metal or other analogous material. l

Another object of this invention is to provide a shoe heel with improvedmeans for securing it to the sole of the shoe. Y

A further object is in providing improved means for securing the wearingsurface of lift to a metallic shoe heel.

Other and further objects will appear in the specification and bespecifically pointed out in the appended claims, yreference being had tothe accompanying drawings exem- V plifying the invention, and in which,

Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section taken through a shoe heelshowing the iniprovements contained in this invention applied thereto.

Figure 2k is a plan view of the shoe heel.

Figure 3 is an .enlarged transverse vertical section of a portion ofFig. 2, and taken 0 on the im@ iii-iii thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a body portion of which the shoeheel is comprised, said body portion being of a shell like formation,and having a hollowed out portion 2, andformed on said portionr 1 is alower end portion 8, having a recess 1 which is open from the lower end,and formed around said recess at its lower .end is an overlapping flange5, said recess 11 being for the reception of a filling element 6, suchas leather orother fibrous material, said filling element providing asecuring agent for fastenings such as7 when they are driven through thewearing .surface or lift 8.

A dividing wall 9 is provided in the body portion 1 betweenthe h'ollowedout portion y 2 and the recess 4 thereof, and formed in said wall is anopening 10 which is for the reception of al bolt 11,`having a head 12,and a threaded end 13, Vsaid head being seated in the lift 8, thedepression formed by o said head 12 in the lift 8 being filled by acompound such as 14.-

Formed in the hollowed out portion l2 of the body portionl is aplurality of bosses 15, each being for the purpose of securing aheelfastening 16. These fastenings 16 are peculiarly secured in theirrespective bosses so that they can be removed in the event Qthatthey,become broken; each fastening being in the form of a' nail having a head17, each nail being inverted so that the head thereof will rest in abushing 18 which is embedded lin the material from which the Y heel iscasted, each of .said bushings being threaded interiorly as designatedat 19 and are for the reception of respective threaded washers 20iii-which each washer is mounted overa respective inverted nail andclamped against the head thereof, thereby holding said nails orfastenings in perpendicular position. Y In mounting an improved shoeheel'o this character to a shoe, the bolt 11 after being passed throughtliei'lift 8 and filling element ol` is passed through an openingprovided in therjshoe sole 21, where a nut 22 is engaged over thethreaded end 13 thereof, Y

said nut clamping-on top of the sole 21. The sole is then pressed downuntil the fastenings 16 have been penetrated through the sole and theends 23 thereof are clinched or bent as shown in Fig. 1.

For. preventing the lift 8 from turning on l the bolt v11, pins such as24, which are carriedrby the lower end portion 3 are provided. l

From the aforesaid description. as pertaining toy Figs. 1, 2 and 3, itis to be noted that a heel of this improved' character can be readilysecured to a shoe, and when ocr casion arises, canbe readily removedtherefrom by removing the bolt 11 and straightening the fastenings 16,and as already related, in the event that one of these fasteningsbreaks, the washer 20 can be readily rea penetrating member to ybesustained by each respective .seating means, and a iemovable means ineach of said seating means v for holding each respective penetratingmember in operative position.

2. In a shoe heel, a seating means borne i thereby having a portion forunderengaging a portion of the rbody of the heel, a 'penellO tratingmember located in said seating means, and a removable bushing mounted insaid seating means for holding` the penetrating member in operativeposition.

3. In combination, a heel, a series of nails projecting upwardlytherefrom for attaching the heel to a shoe, each nail having independentindividual replaceable means connecting it with the heel.

4. A shoe heel having a metallic body portion With nails for attachingthe heel to a shoe, and set screws embracing the nails.

5. The combination, with a heel having a threaded opening therein, of anail adapted to rest Within said opening, a set screw having a tubularpassage therein and adapted to engage the said threaded portion and toabut the head of the nail, whereby the nail may be removably secured tothe said heel.

JAMES D. FARMER.

